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 106 STAT. 2946 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 (B) subsequent retransfers of such material within EURATOM, without regard to the extent of United States control over such retransfers. 42 USC 2297 SEC. 904. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this title, or the amendments made by this title, or the application of any provision to any entity, person, or circumstance, is for any reason amudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remainder of this title, and the amendments made by this title, or its application shall not be affected. TITLE X—REMEDIAL ACTION AND URANIUM REVITALIZATION Subtitle A—Remedial Action at Active Processing Sites 42 USC 2296a. SEC. 1001. REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in subsection (b), the costs of decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and other remedial action at an active uranium or thorium processing site shall be borne by persons licensed under section 62 or 81 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2091, 2111) for any activity at such site which results or has resulted in the production of byproduct material. (b) REIMBURSEMENT. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Energy shall, subject to paragraph (2), reimburse at least annually a Ucensee described in subsection (a) for such portion of the costs described in such subsection as are— (A) determined by the Secretary to be attributable to byproduct material generated as an incident of sales to the United States; and (B) either— (i) incurred by such licensee not later than December 31, 2002; or (ii) placed in escrow not later than December 31, 2002, in accordance with a plan for subsequent decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and other remedial action approved by the Secretary. (2) AMOUNT. — (A) TO INDIVIDUAL ACTIVE SITE URANIUM UCENSEES. — The amount of reimbursement paid to any licensee under paragraph (1) shall be determined by the Secretary in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to section 1002 and, for uranium mill tailin^ps only, shall not exceed an amount equal to $5.50 multiplied by the dry short tons of byproduct material located on the date of the enactment of this Act at the site of the activities of such licensee described in subsection (a), and generated as an incident of sales to the United States. (B) To ALL ACTIVE SITE URANIUM LICENSEES.— Pay- ments made under paragraph (1) to active site uranium Ucensees shall not in the aggregate exceed $270,000,000.

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